THERE won’t be any cheating wives, impotence or dirty business dealings – but young kids are getting a soap opera too.

The makers of “Sesame Street” say they are developing a new daytime soap for kids ages 10 to 14-years-old. It could debut as early as next year.

“We’d look at anything that a kid that age has to tackle,” said Julian Scott, vice president of development for Children’s Television Workshop. “If a friend was stealing, what would you do? Or if a friend was getting into a relationship that was too deep for their age, how would you talk to them about it?”

The new show, which does not yet have a title, will probably be 30 minutes, feature multiple storylines and a cast of about 10 people – just like grown-up soaps, Scott said. It would also most likely start out as a weekly show, but could shift to daily production if there was enough audience demand.

“I feel that this age group of kids in America is underserved with programming that actually tackles the social issues that they face everyday,” Scott said.

“What’s happening is they’re viewing programs like “Dawson’s Creek” and “Party of Five,” because they don’t have anything of their own.

“But before every episode of both of those shows, the first thing that comes up is ‘viewer discretion advised’ warning,” Scott said.

“I’m hoping to create a forum to explore their own lives through television,” Scott said. “‘Beverly Hills 90210’ made a valiant attempts at tackling drugs, AIDS and drinking Scott said, “but it’s gotten a bit older now, and it was always too aspirational anyway,” he said. “What average kid in an average house owns a Porshe?”

Scott said the recent school shooting in Colorado, might also provide the new show with a host of storylines. “But it’s not going to include shock value,” Scott said.

“The whole thing about access to guns by kids is something that a lot of networks shy away from because it’s such a sensitive issue.”

Scott mentioned “7th Heaven” as the only show he thought has tackled the subject in an “interesting manner, but that’s not a kids show,” he said. “That’s an adult show.”

For the show, CTW has partnered with Zenith, a UK-based production company that produces a soap opera for kids that airs in Europe called “Byker Grove.” “Grove” has been airing in the UK for almost 10-years.